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For those who do not know, Mary Meeker does an annual report about macro trends within the internet space. Her latest report just came out and here it is:
Mary Meeker’s Internet Presentation 2009

Mary does an excellent job each year with this report as it is a combination of macro trends for the economy and the internet space. She tends to often nail what the “big theme” will be over the next year or two. In this presentation, you will see that she spends a significant amount of time on the mobile ecosystem. She has often covered mobile in her reports, but it is clear from this report that she views the next few years as huge ones for the mobile ecosystem. Here at GateGuru, we obviously agree and are excited that people are finally waking up to the opportunity presented by mobile.

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I am proud to announce that we have submitted GateGuru to Apple. This is a major milestone for all of us involved. It wasn’t that long ago, but I still clearly remember the day that I developed the idea for GateGuru (see the story in the About tab). I must admit that my first idea wasn’t for GateGuru to be an iPhone app, but rather a book (a la Zagat for airports). Luckily my fiancé was able to quite easily convince me that this was much better as an app than a book!

So after 9 exhausting months, including leaving my job as a venture capitalist to run the new company full time, I am overjoyed at the GateGuru product that we have submitted to Apple. Hopefully the review process will be fast and easy, and consumers can start to experience the richness of GateGuru as soon as possible.

There are lots of updates to come (both to the app and the blog) so stay tuned. Feel free to reach out to us in the Support tab or you can email me personally at dan[at]gateguruapp[dot]com.

Safe travels.

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